As they transition from childhood to adulthood, developmental factors can bring a tendency to seek new sensations, take risks and explore their emerging sexuality, while their vulnerability to peer pressure and possible lack of understanding of sex and relationship can place them at greater risk of engaging in sexting.

Sometimes the overuse of technology is referred to as an addiction but this isn't always the best way to describe and address the problem.

Find out more about what the experts have to say about screen time for children and young people.

Sites, services and apps may ask for permission to use a webcam.

Find out more about what livestreams young people might watch and the risks of doing so.

Find out more about the ways in which young people might choose to livestream and the risks of doing so.

Find out more about the different types of unreliable information young people might find online.

Find out more about what parents have to say about screen time and what works or worries them with their children.

Get involved in your child’s online activities. Have fun, play games and learn together online, just as you would in the physical world. It will then be natural for your child to turn to you if they experience anything upsetting online.

Clear family rules can help your child have a positive start to their digital life and get the most out of being online. Ask your child to help create some family rules.